WHEREAS, there is risk to the public well-being from an outbreak of West Nile Virus; and

            WHEREAS, mosquito infestations in counties across the State have directly contributed to a large number of confirmed West Nile cases; and

 WHEREAS, the imminent threat of widespread illness and potential loss of life exist as a result of West Nile Virus; and

 WHEREAS, there is peril to public safety which could be beyond the capacity of the services of impacted counties; and

 WHEREAS, the abatement of mosquitoes by extraordinary means may be necessary to protect public health;

 NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho, by authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of the State of Idaho do hereby order:

 The Departments of Agriculture, Fish and Game, Health and Welfare, Environmental Quality, and the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security shall consult with impacted Idaho Counties to assess and consider options for mosquito abatement in response to recent outbreaks of West Nile Virus.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 11th day of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and six and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE